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N. Gen. t. 292.— Langeria, Jacg., Lcefi. 0. parviflora Hienkeana, DC. sec. Hi. Bartl. ! 

 G. xylosteoides, Kth.—K shrub, 12'-16' high ; habit of Chomelia; leaves 2i"-l", petiole 

 4 -2 long ; corolla pale-red ; drupe 3"' diam.— Hab. S. Vincent I, Ouild. ; Trinidad !, 

 Pd., Cr.; [Mexico ! to Venezuela and Guiana!]. 



80. G. parrifolia, Sw. Leaves small, ovate or lanceolate, glabrous, sericeous on the 

 principal veins (rarely wholly) beneath : network of the veinlets irregular : stipules ovate, 

 mucrouate, persistent; peduncles puberulous, nearly as long as the leaf: branches 3-1- 

 flowered: bracts minute ; calyx-limb truncate or lacerate; corolla-tube donate (3'" long), 

 thnce as long as the calyx, puberulous : lobes 5 (-6) ; drupe globose, velvety, 5-seeded.— 

 G. parviflora, V. sec. Schlecht. .- the proportions of the corolla and calyx does not agree. — A 

 diffuse shrub ; leaves shortly petioled, 12"'-4"' long ; corolla white ; drupe 2'" diam. : calyx- 

 limb tardily deciduous.— Hab. Antigua!, Nichols., WullscU., Montserrat, Dominica!, 

 Imr. ; [S. Croix to Guadeloupe !, Venezuela !]. 



Sect. 2. Uloiobus, DC. — Srupe tetraquetrdns. Calyx-limb short, minutely 4,-5-deniieulate. 



81. G. crispiflora, F. Leaves large, ovate or elliptical, glabrescent or pubescent on 

 the curved primary veins beneath : stipules large, ovate, menbranaceous, strigose within ; 

 peduncles deeply 2-fid : flowers numerous, distant : bracts minute, much shorter than the 

 oblong calyx-tube ; coro/to tomentose : feie ctoafe (6'" long), 5-6 times as long as the 

 calyx: lobes 5, lacerate-undulate, glabrous within; drupe shortly oblong, acute-angled, 4- 

 seeded. — Tahl, Eclog. t. 6. — G. membranacea, Sieb. Mart. 571 {non Su>.). — A slender 

 shiTib, 10' high; leaves 5"-12", petioles l"-3", stipules X", drupe 3'" long.- Hab. Jamaica !, 

 Dancer; Montserrat, Dominica!, /»«?•., S.Vincent!, Ouild. s [French islands I]. 



32. STENOSTOMUM, G. 

 (Langeria, V., Su)., G., nan Jacq.) 



Calyx-limb 5-4-dentate or subtrnncate, persistent on the fruit. jCorolla salver-shaped : 

 lobes 5-4, short, imbricative. Anthers linear, subsessile below the corolla-throat, included 

 or half-exserted. Stigma capitate. Drupe 2-6-celled: endocarp-cells as narrow as the 

 cylindrical seeds. — Woody plants ; inflorescence of Guettarda. 



The only difference between Sienostemum and Guettarda results from the calyx-limb 

 crowning the fruit in the former, though in the latter genus it be often tardily deciduous. 

 The testa (Geertner's albumen) is rather more tumid in Stenostomum ; but this is only a cha- 

 racter of degree. Gsertner's analysis of Langeria (in contradistinction of Stenostomum), viz. 

 a minute embryo in the axis of albumen in S. resinosum, is probably erroneous, as in my 

 nearly allied S. viscosum I find the operculum-like arillus and long .embryo of Chtettardea:, 

 as figured by Gartner in his S. lucidum,' 



Sect. 1. EusTENOSTOMUM. — Ovary 2{-4!)-celled. Flowers ebracleate. Stipules deciduous. 

 — Trees, devoid of resinous excretions. 



82. S. bifurcatum, DC. Leaves elUptical, glabrous, ^«ier«fo«M on the primary veins 

 and their axils beneath : stipules ovate-oblong ; peduncles 2-Sd.above the middle : branches 

 recurved : flowers approximate ; calyx oblong, sericeous : limb tubular, obsoletely 5-lobed- 

 repand ; corolla-tube clavate (3'" long), strigose : lobes 5, glabrous within ; anthers in- 

 cluded; drupe oblong, bluntish. — Malanea, Desr. — A timber-tree; leaves 4"-3" long, ex- 

 ceeding the peduncles ; drupe 4"'-3"' long.— Hab. Jamaica !, Fd., M'Nab, March, in woods, 

 Manchester near Spitzbergen, S. Arms. 



83. S. tomentosum, DC. Leaves elliptical, glabrous above, velvety-tomentose be- 

 neath : primary veins prominnlous beneath : stipules lanceolate ; peduncles once or twice 

 2-fid about the middle: branches recxirvedi : flowers distant ; calyx oblong, puberulous: 

 limb short, Srdentate; "corolla-tube clavate : lobes 5; anthers included; drupe . oblong, 

 acuminate, 2-oelled."— Langeria, Sw. /—A. low tree ; leaves 4"-3" long, nearly equalling the 

 peduncles. — Hab. Jamaica !, Sw., in the western districts. 



' 84. S. nitidum, DC. Leaves eUiiitical or elliptical-oblong, glabrous : primary veins 

 prominulous beneath: stipules ovate-lanceolate ;. peduncles once or twice 2-fid about the 

 middle -branches recurved : flowers numerous, subdistant; calyx minutely oblong, glabres- 



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